Dry air for scuba
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Originally Posted by Rlockyer
. . . If low humidity were the issue, it would be much cheaper for the military to use moisture separators and filter stacks, much as we use for scuba cylinders (our air must be VERY dry). . . .
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One thing about topups... TRY to get your air at full-service stations, rather than the coin-op units at gas-only or gas/quickie mart stations. The full-service stations also run their tools and other equipment from that compressor, so they are more likely to drain the tanks every night and deliver dryer air. Who knows how well the coin-op units are maintained. I've encountered some that blew visible mist and droplets out.
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Interesting. That means I am using very dry air when I air up with my Scuba tank setup. I had a hook-a-rig made up when a Scuba shop I knew of was selling a bunch of old regulators. I figured that a 20' hose on an old stage 1 regulator to fill tires was a pretty cheap alternative to getting a compressor. I can fill a bunch of tires from an 80cf tank at 3000 psi. It is pretty heavy, though.
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